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Netflix didn't have a historically great quarter, but investors may already be looking to 2023.

We're fortunate to be in a position of strength as the leader in streaming entertainment by all metrics (revenue, engagement, subscribers, profit and free cash flow). We're confident and optimistic about the future." Netflix announced its advertising-supported product will launch in the early part of 2023. It announced it lost about 1 million global subscribers in the quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter it has hemorrhaged customers. And it lost 1.3 million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, marking the third time in the last five quarters it has lost paid users in its most lucrative region based on average revenue per user. We've built this company to be flexible and adaptable and this will be a great test for us and our high performance culture. Compare that to analyst estimates from earlier this year of nearly 20 million net adds.

Netflix shares surged higher Wednesday after the streaming entertainment service topped second quarter earnings forecasts and posted a smaller-than-expected ...

"We’ll likely start in a handful of markets where advertising spend is significant," Netflix said. Netflix said it will add around 1 million subs over the three months ending in September, but that tally is still south of the market's 1.8 million forecast. "So our excitement is tempered by the less bad results." Apart from the 970,000 lost over the three months ending in June, Netflix also lost 200,000 subscribers over the the first three months of the year thanks to a mix of rising prices, increasing competition and password sharing. To combat that exodus, Netflix plans to launch an ad-supported streaming services, priced at a discount to its traditional offering, and noted that it's in the "early stages" of rolling out a global plan that will prevent password-sharing. Profits for the three months ending in June were pegged at $3.12 per share, a figure that was 5% higher than the same period last year and firmly ahead of the Street consensus forecast of $2.97 per share.

Tuesday's results and forecasts suggest the wreckage may not continue to be as bad as investors were expecting.

Why it matters: As TV programming and ad buying practices have changed, the existence of the Upfronts has been challenged. Why it matters: That tricky position comes as the companies are trying to reach lofty profit deadlines after having bet the farm on streaming. - Netflix cited plans to monetize the 100 million+ households it believes are watching Netflix but not paying for it by testing paid sharing plans. Why it matters: Investors worried after Netflix's shocking subscriber loss last quarter that the streamer's growth runway was shrinking. - Global paid net subscriber additions: A loss of 970,000 subscribers vs. - "Over time, our hope is to create a better-than-linear-TV advertisement model that’s more seamless and relevant for consumers, and more effective for our advertising partners," the company said in a shareholder letter.

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How the company executes these initiatives will also prove pivotal against its competition, said Goldman Sachs' Eric Sheridan. "Netflix continues to boast the strongest engagement metrics of all streaming players and is arguably the most culturally relevant, signaling that the company's strength of brand and ability to produce quality content shouldn't fade in the future," said Deutsche Bank's Bryan Kraft. To be sure, not all analysts are convinced that Netflix's pain is over. That includes a 35% one-day drop in April, after the company reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade . That shocking report led to more questions about Netflix's long-term growth trajectory and brought with it a wave of analyst downgrades. "The company has a number of increasingly defined levers to solve these issues, with a proven management team and improving FCF dynamics." "Next year new initiatives will start to contribute, and it's reasonable to expect that the NFLX of 2024 and beyond will have very healthy top-and bottom-line growth + better FCF." Stifel's Scott Devitt echoed similar sentiment, noting that Netflix's subscriber losses are subsiding and investors can now focus on the company's growth trajectory. At the same time, Netflix posted a beat on earnings and a miss on revenue, noting that it expects to add 1 million subscribers in the third quarter. Netflix 's slowdown in subscriber losses may signal a bottom is on the horizon for the beaten-up streaming stock, according to some analysts.

Internet television network Netflix late Tuesday reported a better-than-feared subscriber total for the second quarter. Netflix stock jumped.

In the first quarter, Netflix reported a surprise loss of 200,000 subscribers, its first subscriber loss in a decade. That missed Wall Street's targets of $2.75 in earnings per share on $8.09 billion in sales. On a year-over-year basis, Netflix earnings rose 8% while sales grew 9%. The company earned $3.20 a share on sales of $7.97 billion in the second quarter. Three months ago, Netflix predicted it would lose 2 million subscribers in the second quarter following price hikes and amid heightened competition. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based company lost 970,000 subscribers in the June quarter.

The streaming pioneer delivered a plot twist worthy of one of its hit shows. This year has been tough for Netflix (NFLX 5.61%) investors. In the first quarter ...

There are plenty of ways for the company to reaccelerate its growth, as outlined above. Netflix is also delving further into its cloud gaming service with the acquisition of Next Games -- the studio behind Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales -- for about $69 million. In the wake of this whipsaw performance, is Netflix stock a buy? Netflix reported a loss of 970,000 subscribers quarter over quarter, far better than the loss of 2 million it had predicted. In the first quarter, after announcing its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, the stock shed a third of its value overnight. The goal is to have a paid-sharing offering to roll out by next year.

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After Netflix's better-than-expected second quarter earnings, its stock rose again as Wall Street analysts debated the takeaways.

“As Netflix pivots into a new era of slowing top-line growth, the company will now need to slow down content spend in an intensely competitive market with deep-pocketed entrants like Apple (not rated) and Amazon (not rated) … or even Disney,” he wrote. Michael Nathanson of MoffettNathanson has a “market perform” (neutral) rating on Netflix shares, but echoed Nollen’s concern about the timeline of advertising coming into the picture. He reiterated his “buy” rating on the stock and kept his 12-month price target at $265. “Key opportunities in advertising and password sharing are taking shape,” he wrote in a note to clients. (Examples include pay-TV, broadband, CDs, DVDs and theatrical moviegoing.) Not only do these dynamics present a dilemma, but Nathanson has concerns about Netflix taking its foot off the gas in terms of content spending. But there is still some way to go to turn numbers around, while sub adds are only tracking to flat through Q3, and we don’t know what the effect of a recession may be on subs.” The company had warned of a loss of 2 million and some analysts predicted the pullback could be as great as 4 million.

The highly expected Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) earnings had numerous areas to cover, which were of the utmost importance for the future of the company.

Market participants seem to have enjoyed what NFLX presented during their earnings release, and the share price has responded. In the last couple of trading sessions, trading volume was significantly up, while multiple bottoms have been noted on the daily chart. This, in conjunction with other information, caused the stock to surge by more than 13% collectively during the trading day and in the after-hours session. Subscriber numbers, the potential launch of advertising-supported membership options, and efforts to monetize password sharing were among the key points in the report. When investing, your capital is at risk. Obviously, Ozark, Stranger Things, lots of titles, lots of viewing.

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Biogen (BIIB) – Biogen gained 2.4% in premarket action after reporting an adjusted profit of $5.25 per share for the second quarter. Netflix (NFLX) – Netflix jumped 6.1% in premarket trading after reporting subscriber losses that were substantially below expectations. ASML reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings but said its customers are turning somewhat cautious in anticipation of slowing chip demand. Casino Stocks – Shares of casino operators rose in premarket action following a Reuters report that Macau would reopen casinos on Saturday amid a drop in Covid infections. Elevance's profits got a boost from a strong performance in its pharmacy benefits management unit. Revenue also fell below estimates, with Baker Hughes citing various challenges including component shortages and supply chain inflation.